There are many applications for this kind of data, be it fantasy or analytical or both. And it helps to figure out whether True Fans of a team — who know its ins and outs — know more than mere algorithms projecting the same stuff.

The wisdom of crowds works great when trying to determine the number of marbles in a jar, or the number of marbles in a can, or even the number of marbles in some sort of bin. So, extrapolating the power of crowds to determine the number of marbles in places to the real world, the wisdom of crowds is the greatest force in the universe . . . for counting spherical objects in containers.